it
from the lower part o f a barren shoot, capsule shorter, reddish-brown,
peristome paler. Male infl. gemmiform, near the base o f stem.
S y n .— Hypnum tainarindif. D o n . in lit. sec. Smith.
Dicranum tamarindi/. Sm. Fl. Brit. 1231. Turn . musc. Hib. 55.
Skitophyllum tainarindif. La P y l . in Desv. Journ. Bot. 1813, t. 37.
Fissidens tainarindif. Brid. Sp. musc. I, 165; Mant. 187, et Bry. un. 684, p.p. W i l s . Bry.
Brit. 308, t. 53. Berk. Handb. Br. m. 157. Hobk. Syn. Br. m. 138.
Fiss, trichomanoidcs W i l s . MSS.
H ab.— O n c la y soil, banks and fallow fields. Fr. 2— 3.
Near Forfar (Don). Near Over, Cheshire, and Warrington (Wilson)] Stansfield,
Todmorden and Heptonstall [Nowell 1850}! ! Hurstpierpoint [Mitten). Oakmere,
Ashley and Clifton Junction [Hunt 1863) ! Roskelly Cliff, Penzance [Cumow 1865)! !
This variety is distinguished by the great abundance of sterile surculi,
but otherwise it presents no structural differences to separate it from F,
incurvus.
4. FISSIDEIiS VmiDULUS (SwarU) Wahlenb.
A u to ic o u s ; v ery small, simple ; lea ves lanceolate, bordered, entire,
acute, nerved to a p e x ; capsule erect or a little inclined, symmetric,
oval-oblong, lid conic, acuminate. (T. X , D.)
S y n .— Bryum viridulum L. in Herb. p.p.
Dicranum viridulum S w a r t z Musc. Suec. 84, t. 2, f. 3 (1799). W e b . M o h r Bot. Tasch.
161 (1807). S c h k u h r Deutsch. Kr. Gew. P. II, 81, t. 36 (1810). V o it Musc. Herbip.
37 (1812).
Fissidens virid. W a h l e n b . Fl. lapp. 334 (1812), Fl. carp. 342 {1814). W i l s . Bry. Brit.
303, t. 53 (1S55). B e r k . Handb. Br. m. 159 {1863). H o b k . Syn. Br. m. 136 (1873).
Fiss. exilis F u n c k M o o s ta s c h . t . 22 , n. i ( 18 2 1 ) , n o n H e d w .
Fiss. incurvus p.p. B r. S c h im p . Bry. Eur. i, Mon. 6, t. i (1843), Syn. musc. 104 (i86o) et
2 ed. 112 (1876).
Fiss. bryoides p.p. B r id e l et pi. auct.
Autoicous ; stems short, slender, inclined. L e a v e s 5— 8-jugous, pale
green, crisped when dry, lanceolate, a cute , nerved to apex, border
vanishing usually at point, vag. lam. about h a lf length o f leaf, inf. lam.
ceasing before rea chin g base. Capsule leptodermous, symmetric, erect
o r inclined, sometimes more or less oblique, oval, olivaceous-brown,
seta p a le ; lid conico-rostella te, red ; peristome arising below mouth of
capsule. Male infl. terminal on a b ranch a t base o f fertile stem, sometimes
becoming dioicous.
H ab .— On clay banks, sandstone rocks and stones; not uncommon.
Fr. I I — 2 .
St. Vincent’ s rocks {Wilson i860). Ciitheroe and Pontefract {Dr. Wood) ! Plymouth
(Holmes) ! ! Knowle [Bagnall). Melrose [fordan). Howth [Orr). Ecclesbourne
(Holmes) ! ! Barmouth [Rogers) ! ! Beckhole, Whitby [Braithwaite 1858)! !
Swartz’s specimens in Smith’s herb, have the capsule perfectly symmetric
and erect. B y all continental Botanists o f our own time this is united to
F . incumis, and yet there is a great apparent difference in the capsules which
is our chief reason for keeping them separate. Lindberg regards it as a
subspecies of F . incurvus.
Var. ß. fontanus [Schimp.)
T a lle r and more ro b u s t ; stem J— 2 in. long, flexuose, ascending or
submersed, simple or dicho tomou s; leaves multijugous, rather distant,
deep green, large and succulent, nerve vanishing below apex as also does
the border, which is th icke r and obsoletely denticulate toward point.
Seta stout, reddish y ellow, capsule erect or suboblique, obovate, pale
brown, lid conico-rostellate.
S y n .— F iss. incurvus var. ß. fontanus B r . S c h im p . B r . E u r . i, M o n . 7 , 1 . 1 ß. e t v a r . crassifes
S c h im p . S y n o p s . 104. H u s n . M ouss. n o rd -o u e s t 62.
Fiss. fontanus S c h im p MSS.
Fiss. crassipes W i l s . MSS. Br. S c h im p . Br. Eur. Mon. Suppl. i , n. 9. M i l d e Bry.
Siles. 82. D e N o t . Epil. Briol. Ital. 484. H o b k . Syn. Br. m. 136. S c h im p . Synops.
2 ed. 113.
Fiss. viridulus var. y. major W i l s . Bry. Brit. 303, t. 53, y.
H a b .— Attached to woodwork and stones in sluices. Fr. g— lo.
Ireland (Turner i8og). Hulme (Wilson 1844) 1 ! York and Castle Howard (Spruce) 1
Ashley sluice, Bowden (Hunt 1863) ! ! Sandford Lasher, Oxford (Boswell 1864) ! !
Bath (Mrs. Hopkins 1861) 1 Wrexham (Wilson 1863) ! ! Croft, Thirsk, and Topcliffe
(Baker). Eaton Bishop, Hereford (Rev. A. Ley). Tothill (Holmes).
Like all aquatic mosses the leaves are of thicker substance, and dark
green colour. The male inflorescence appears to be very scarce.
5. FISSIDENS BRYOIDES (L.) Hedw.
Autoicous, with the male infl. a .xillary; lea ves oblongo-ligulate,
a cute , with a thickish hyaline border, nerve rea ching point or excurrent,
capsule ovate, erect or inclined, lid conico-rostellate. (T . X , E.)
S y n .— Muscus polytrichoides exiguus, capitulis in extremis cnuliculis sen foliis, subrotundis ercctis
Ray Syn. St. Brit. 2 ed. 35, n. 4 (1696).
Hypnum repens filicifolium, non ramosum, pcdiculis brevioribus verstts foliorum summit,
egrcdicntibus D i l l , in R a y Syn. 3 ed. 88, n. 42 {1724).
Hypnum taxiformc exiguum versus summitatcm cabsulifcrum D i l l . H i s t . m u s c . 262 t
f. I ( 17 4 1 ) ; et H e rb .
Hy/. ¿»ryo/rfcs L. Sp. pi. ii, 1123 ( i 753) 5 Fl. suec. 1012; Syst. Veg. 950. Huds. Fl. angl. 418
(1762). W e i s s Cr. Gott. 217 (1770); Fl. Dan. t. 473. N e c k . meth. musc. 152 (1771).
W i t h . Bot. arr. Br. veg. 680 (1776). L ig h t f . Fl. Scot. ii, 739 {1777). R e l h . Fl. cant
408 (1785). W e b . Spic. Fl. Gott. 46 (1778). V i l l . PI. Dauph. iii, 894 (1786). H o f fm
Deutsch. Fl. ii, 55 (1796). A b b o t Fl. bedf. 244 (1798). H u l l Br. Fl. P. 2, 267 (1700).
Eng. Bot. t. 625 (1799), p.p.
Fiss. bryoides H e d w . Fund. musc. P. 2, 91 (1782) ; Musc. fr. iii, 67, t. 29 (1792) ; Sp.
musc. 135 (1801). R o th Fl. germ, i, 459 (17S8). B r id . musc. rec. ii, P. 2, 139 (iSoi) ;
b p . musc. I, 164 (1806) ; Mant. 18S (1S19) ; Bry. univ. ii, 686 (1827). R ö h l . M ooso-
Deutsch. 288 (1800). P. B e a u v . Prodr. 57 (1805). S c h u l t z FI. Starg. 297 (iSoel
S c h w a e g r . Suppl. 1, P. II, 7 (1816). F u n c k moostasch. 33, t. 22, f. 3 (1821). H a r tm .
Skand. Fl. H u e b e n . musc. germ. 219(1833). B r . S c h im p . Bry. Eur. i, Mon. 8, t. 2
(1843); Syn. musc. 103 (i860), et 2 ed. i n (1876). R a b e n h . Deutsch. Kr. Fl. ii, P . 3,
305 (1848). C. M u e l l . Syn. musc. i, 58 (1S49). W i l s . Bry. Brit. 304, t. 16 (1855).
B e r k . Handb. Br. m. 159 (1863). M il d e Bry. siles. 81 (1869). D e N o t . Epil. Bri.
Ital. 483 (1869). H o b k . Syn. Br. m. 136 (1S73). H u s n . Mouss. nord-ouest 61 (1873).